Wall seat



I w. D. JOHNSTON Aug.- 6, 1 929.

WALL SEAT 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 3, 1928 31100211101,- %fl (fa/272350721,

W. D. JOH NSTON WALL SEAT Aug. 6, 1929.

Filed June 15; 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 6, 1929.

UNITED STA TES WILLIAM D. JOHNSTON, 01E WACO, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR 'lO WM. CAMERON & (10., USTCL,

1,123,511 PATENT OFFICE.

OF WACO, TEXAS.

WALL SEAT.

Application filed June 13,

This invent-ion relates to a wall seat which is especially useful in bathrooms or elsewhere where space is restricted and a seat is desired for use only at times.

The invention has for one of its objects to provide an exceedingly compact structure which relatively inexpensive. and durable, and is of pleasing appearance and normally conceals its real purpose.

Another object is to provide a casing having its front opening normally closed by a panel pivoted at its upper end to the casing for outward swinging inov-nnents, a seat disposed in rear of the panel and pivoted to 15 the casing at its lower end, and a spring for urging the seat outwardly when the panel is swung outwardly.

l/Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will more fully appear, the na- 20 ture of the invention will be more clearly understood by following the description, the appended claims, and the several views illus trated in the accompanying drawings.

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Figure 1 is a front elevation of the seat structure with the parts in normal. or retracted position;

Figure 2 is a perspective View showing the parts in position forming a seat;

Figure 3 is a central, vertical sectional View taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, and with the parts suggested in projected or seat form by dot-dash lines;

Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 4.4 of Figure 1, and

Figure 5 is a detail. perspective view, partly in section, illustrating the structure at one of the upper corners.

Referring specifically to the drawings, wherein like reference characters designate like or corresponding parts, designates a casing which is of rectangular form and is adapted to occupy a recess 11 provided in a wall 12 as in a bath room or elsewhere. The casing consists of a top 13 and a bottom 14, side walls 15 and a back wall 16. At the front the casing is open and has marginal side and top strips 17 and a base strip 18. Aside from. said strips, the cabinet completely disposed within the recess 11, and the strips overlap the wall 12 about the recess 11.

A transverse board or support 19 is fastened within the cabinet in spaced relation to the strips 17, and top 13 and at its front has a fulcrum bar 20 fastened thereto which 1928. Serial No. 285,076.

has a flange 21 in hooked relation with a flange 22 of a similar fulcrum bar 23 carried by a panel 21 which. constitutes a closure for the front of the cabinet as shown in full lines in Figures 1, 3 and 4. The space 25 between the top 13 and support 19 aceomodates movement of the upper end of the panel 2%]: so that the latter may be swung outwardly and upwardly from the full line position. to the dotted line position as shown in Figure 3. In said space 25, guides 26 are fastened, as at each end to provide arcuate guide surfaces 7 for the upper end of panel 24 to which end, the upper edge of the latter is eranplementally curved as at 28. A pull member 29 is countersunk into and fastened to the lower portion of the panel.

Normally disposed at a forward inclination in the rear of panel. 24 and in sliding contact at its upper end with the latter, is a seat 30 to the lower front face of which is secured a bar 31 having trunnions 32 journaled in recesses in the side walls 15 so that the seat may be swung downwardly and outwardly from the full line position to the dot-dash line position, when the panel 24 is swung outwardly. After the seat 30 is lowered, the panel 24 is released and falls against an abutment bar 33 on the seat,

which limits it to a slightly inclined )osition. It will be noted that the pivot o the panel is above the seat, and the pivot of the seat below the panel, when the parts are in normal or folded positions.

At the rear of the seat 30, a bar 34 is mortised in and fastened to the side walls 15 and constitutes an abutment for the said seat 130 when extended, as shown in Figure 3.

The bar 341 has a fiat spring 35 fastened thereto, which is abutted by the bar 33 when the parts are in normal folded positions, and the parts are so proportioned that in this relation, said spring 35 is placed under sufficient tension to automatically thrust the seat forwardly and downwardly when the panel 24: is swung upwardly and. forwardly.

The construction described affords an ex ceedingly compact arrangement and nor mally presents a neat and ornamental appearance, conceals its main purpose, and mounts the parts without projection into or obstruction of the adjacent room space.

Presuining the parts to be arranged in the full line position of Figures 1, 3 and 4, and it is desired to convert the structure into a seat as shown by the dot-dash lines in Figure 4 and in full lines in Figure 2, it is merely necessary to swing the panel 241 forwardly and upwardly. Such movement of 'the panel 24, since the seat 30 is inclined and raised. The panel 24 is then released and the lower edge thereof will engage the bar 33 which limits its movement to an inclined position to efiectively form an inclined back.

The back is not only supported at the bot- -tom and there braced by bar 33, but it is further supported and braced at the top, as by bar 20 and support 19. The latter feature provides a hinge equivalent without pintles or parts which are subject to strain and will not permit of the back being directly in abutment with a supporting means.

'To restore the parts to the normal position, the operation obviously, is the opposite to that outlined.

Various changes may be resorted to provided they fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

What is claimed'is 1. A wall seat structure comprising a casing, a seat pivotally mounted therein, a panel plvotally mounted in the casing to normally hang in front of said seat to maintain the latter retracted, and spring means to urge the seat to projected position maintained under tension by the seat when retracted.

2. A wall seat structure comprising a casing having an open front, a supporting means adjacent the top thereof, a panel to form a closure for the casing hooked on said supporting means for pivotal movement, a seat member normally disposed vertically in rear of said panel and pivoted to the casing in line with the panel in its closed position, and spring means within the casing maintained tensioned by the seat in its vertical position, whereby when the panel is moved to release the seat the latter is automatically urged to projected position.

3. A wall seat structure comprising a casing having an open front, a closure therefor,

supporting means within the casing on which said closure is hooked for pivotal movement adjacent its top, a seat member normally vertically disposed in the rear of said panel and pivoted adjacent its lower end to the casing, a bar within the casing for abutment by the seat member in its projected position and a spring on said bar maintained under tension by the seat when retracted to automatically project the seat when the panel is moved to release the seat.

at. A wall seat structure comprising :1 casing having an open front, a panel constituting a closure therefor normally, supporting means within the casing on which said clostire is hooked. for pivotal movement, a seat member normally vertically disposed in the rear of said panel and pivoted adjacent its lower end to the casing, a bar within the easing for abutment by the seat member in its projected position, a bar on said seat member for abutment by the panel in its projected position to cause it to assume an inclined position and constitute a back, and a spring carried by one of the bars and engageable by the other and maintained thereby under tension in the normal position of the parts, said spring serving to automatically project the seat when the panel is moved to release the seat.

5. A scat structure comprising a mounting means, a back member pivoted adjacent its upper end to the mounting means, a seat pivoted adjacent its lower end to said means, and spring means urging the seat into sliding contact with said back member and toward a projected position, said back member normally maintaining said seat against projection and said spring accordingly under tension.

6. A seat structure comprising a mounting means, a back member pivoted adjacent its upper end to the mounting means, a seat pivoted adjacent its lower end to said means and in line with said back, the pivot of the back member being in line with the seat, said seat being normally inclined forwardly and in engagement at its upper portion with Said back member.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

WILLIAM D. JOHNSTON. 

